Longtime Chandler Italian restaurant moves to Ahwatukee

Paolo Vetrati, owner and executive chef at his family-owned restaurant La Stalla Cucina Rustica, looked around the newly redecorated space at 4855 E. Warner Road in Ahwatukee and liked what he saw.

It has been a long and time-devouring move for the downtown Chandler restaurant, which gave up its space after 15 years despite the following it had developed with recipes gleaned from his parents’ restaurants in New Jersey.